On Sat, 12 Aug 2000, robert rotman wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'v a starnge situation since i upgraded to exim 3.15:
> approx. every 2-3 days exim is stopping deliver local mails.
>
> nothing is written in the logfiles exapt that it is spooled.
> a try with "-d9" gives no error, it wirtes:
>
> - [snip]-
> Data file written for message 13NNsh-0001bn-00
> Writing spool header file
> Size of headers = 275
> LOG: 0 MAIN
> <= user@domain U=root P=local S=281
> exec /usr/exim/bin/exim -d9 -Mc 13NNsh-0001bn-00
> - [snip]-
>
> and then nothing happens.
> the "exec..." is only written in the log but exim does not do it!
>
> restarting eximm does not help,
> sennding SIGHUP to exim kills it !?!
>
>
> any suggestions where to start debugging?
At the risk of stating the obvious, what are the permissions on
/usr/exim/bin/exim ?
Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge
A.C.Aitchison@??? http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna